Little Falls transcript., 1887-04-22
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road robbers. How many men belong to
the gang q not known, but they run up
into the hundreds. Their stealing
extended over q period OF two
or three years. simultaneously ar
rests were made all along the line of the
Phanhandle road between here and Column
bus. Warrants have been in the hands Of
officers for some time, and the persons ar
rested comprise nearly the entire freight
men OF the line. They include conduct
ors. freightmen, engineers and f1remen.
o'clock in the morning. the police surprising
Is men at their boarding houses. By day
light 46 men, all railroad employees, con-
:ductors, brakemsn, fremen and engineers,
wero behind the bars. In speaking Of the
arrests a prominent officer Of the Panhan.
die road said,
For three years the Panhandle road has
been systematically robbed. Cars on
sidings and cars on moving trains were
broken open and goods stolen, including
every description of merchandise. It is
goods were taken, for which the company
had to pay. In August last he got a clue,
and the company determined to push it TO
the end. Detectives were employed who
followed up every scent, and finally we had
the information on which to proceed.
When everything was ready we decided to
make 9 movement all along the line from
Columbus to ,Pittsburg. About eighty
warrants we're issued for men in Pittsburg.
Nothing like it ever happened before.
At one O'Clock ten more arrests
we're reported. They were captured at the
pay car while receiving their wages. This
makes q tot al Of fifty-six, now in jail
A telegram from Dennison Ohio, states
that j. r. Dunlap, the leader OF the gang.
was arrested there. The following are the
names Of most OF the parties in Jail:
Conductors John Hastings, H. MacRob-
erts, J. p Brennan, L. Black H. r. Kuhn,
Thomas G. Shay, T. J. Hanlay, William
lsett, James Watson, Charles Shanks, C..
G; Lawson, V: E: Meyers, Edward Olaf, I.
F. Haggerty. Robert Mackey, NJ. G. Con.
nelly, George S. Chrier, S. Goodman,
J. A. Fisher, W.. 7, I'avelle, Thorn
as Vincent, A. L. Collins, William r.
Bowles, John A. Bowser, Michael
Joyce, W. C. Martin, George Morris,
T. o. Gutshall, A.. Gritfiths, NJ. B. Doyle,
John Donavan, John Martin, William
Roth, John Sweeney, T. W. Abers, J. w.
Richey, William Briggs, John Kirkwood,
J. F. Wright, J. A. Taylor. H. W. McCune,
H. G. Thompson, J. T. Kinney, Michael
Reilly, Thomas Long, Samuel Fitch, James
L. Young.
Seven more arrests have been made, but
the names have not yet been recorded.
Nearly 200 warrants are still out.
Fires were in progress all day all along
the line OF the Panhandle road, made up oi
stuff out of the caboose cars that the evi.
dence OF things notseen may be wanting
when the trial comes. Freight trains have
hauled up at water stations and a delay
made till the caboose was swept and garnish.
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ed against unsupported railroad men. Al.
most every man arrested had from ono to
ten pawn tickets ON his person. It is al
legged that every pawn shop in the two
cities is represented on the tickets.
The Haddock Murder Trial.
On the 9th, Arensdori, the alleged mur.
derer OF Haddock was called to the stand.
He endeavored to supply a missing link
in the chain proving an alibi. He gave an
account of his doings on the night OF the
murder, and stated that he WAS in sa,-
loon called the ''English Kitchen when he
first heard OF the murder. Have heard
the testimony of Leavitt; was not
at the corner Of Fourth and We
ter streets when Haddock was killed:
was at the meeting on Aug. q. There was
no private meeting to my knowledge.
Nothing was said in my presence to do
up" any one; heard nothing about hiring
two Dutchmen to do up any one; made no
remark about blowing up any ones house,;
had no conversation with Leavitt in front
OF Warlich's saloon, had no such CONVEX
sation as Mrs. Leavitt testifies to have
heard; had q conversation with Leavitt at
Standard theatre in relation to his bonds.
A surprise was given him and his counsel
when he was confronted by transcript
OF his evidence before the coroner's jury.
Portions were read wherein his statement
as to his whereabouts at the time OF the
murder quite materially differed from his
evidence to-day. When asked if he so tes-
titled he displayed weakness. Harry Sher-
win, one of the co-defendants, former pro.
prietor OF the saloon known as the English
Kitchen, testified that Arensdorf was in
his place whom Haddock was shot.
:! On the 7th, Leavitt was called by the de-
fence, and cross examined in regard to tho
published confession, in order to show
that it differed from his testimony.
The defence then rested and the
State introduced rebutting testimony.
G.. w.: Schmidt, the witness who
Rwore to viewing the murder from his
window in the Columbia house, and swore
that Leavitt fired the shot was recalled.
During the examinxt tion the fact cropped
out that Schmidt at one time resided in
the jail at New Elm for the period OF six
months, and that he abandoned his vile,
who afterwards died in poorhouss.
7" Five witnesses who knew Schmid in Lake
Benton, Minn., gave hina a very bad char.
acter. These gentlemen ar a. G. Mathews,
clerk of the district court G.. n. Jackson,
travelling for the Empire Lumber com pany;
John l.. Cass, former county attorneys.
:Nordville. former probate judge, and E. NJ.
Olmen, former county commissioner. A
large number of witnesses were called to
rebut various points in the evidence for
the defence.
!. On Saturday, the 10th day of the trial
the evidence was partially closed. The
day was devoted to cleaning evidence in
rebuttaf. The defense recalled 0. H. Jack.
son and John i. Cass for further cross-ex-
animation in reference to the veracity and
character of the witness g. w Schmidt,
who swore that he saw Leavitt kill Had.
dock. Jackson and Cass live at Lake Benton,
MINI. More closely questioned as to what
they knew derogatory to schmidt's char
acter, one OF them said he used to- rob his
I vile OF her earnings as q washerwoman to
feed his vices, and the other said he had at
one time offered to sell the virtue of hia
daughter for money. It is understood
some time will be occupied in presenting
legal questions to the court before counsel
will be able to submit arguments to the
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Oscar s. Straus, the new minister to
Turkey, accompanied by his family, sailed
for Europe. j ss7..= 8 .% -.s5. .
N A delegation of Irish Americans called at
the White House to invite the president
to attend q meeting to be held to
protest against the coercion policy in Ire.
land. They saw Col. Lamont and were in.
formed that whatever the presidents view
on the subject might be, it would be mani.
testify improper for him TO attend such s
meeting in his official capacity. 8 The COM
Fmittee wero convinced 81 the wisdom 81
/ this reasoning, and Withdrew without fur.
ther effort 10 zee the president. s tt}.s
s. General Knott began the award Of con.
tracts for carrying the mails on S43 mis-